THE BASICS

THE SCENE

Sziget Festival celebrates 23rd edition this year. It started in 1993 on Margaret Island or Margitsziget, an island in the middle of Danube in Budapest, Hungary. During the festival Margitsziget island becomes Island of Freedom as some sort of independent state of fun and joy. Sziget Festival is much more than just a music festival, it is whole multicultural event with theater performances, circus acts, all kinds of exhibitions etc. with more than 200 performances per day. Budapest as Hungarian capital offers to all festival visitors real tourist experience with its historical buildings, royal palace and fortress. Budapest is also known as European capital of porn industry and place of many bars and clubs.